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  • Open Access
37 Citations
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15 Pages

Impact of Different Drying Methods on the Phenolic Composition, In Vitro Antioxidant Activity, and Quality Attributes of Dragon Fruit Slices and Pulp

  • Harsh Dadhaneeya,
  • Radha Krishnan Kesavan,
  • Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj,
  • Minaxi Sharma,
  • Srinivasulu Kamma,
  • Prakash Kumar Nayak and
  • Kandi Sridhar

24 March 2023

The aim of this study was to compare the refractance window drying method (RWD) with the hot air oven drying (HD), vacuum drying (VD), and freeze-drying (FD) methods in order to analyze the outcomes of the qualitative properties of dragon fruit slice...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Drying of Foods and Its Effect on Physical–Chemical, Sensorial, and Nutritional Properties)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,334 Views
14 Pages

Optimization of Caper Drying Using Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Networks for Energy Efficiency Characteristics

  • Hasan Demir,
  • Hande Demir,
  • Biljana Lončar,
  • Lato Pezo,
  • Ivan Brandić,
  • Neven Voća and
  • Fatma Yilmaz

8 February 2023

One of the essential factors for the selection of the drying process is energy consumption. This study intended to optimize the drying treatment of capers using convection (CD), refractive window (RWD), and vacuum drying (VD) combined with ultrasonic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,353 Views
18 Pages

Drying Kinetics, Physicochemical and Thermal Analysis of Onion Puree Dried Using a Refractance Window Dryer

  • Ruchika Zalpouri,
  • Manpreet Singh,
  • Preetinder Kaur,
  • Amrit Kaur,
  • Kirtiraj K. Gaikwad and
  • Ashutosh Singh

26 February 2023

Onions have a high moisture content, which makes them more susceptible to microbial growth. Drying is one of the postharvest preservation methods applied to decrease onion moisture content, thereby increasing its storage life. In this study, onions w...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)